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Beauty is in symmetry. Symmetry is beautiful. Or something like that. But what if that’s not true? Photographer Alex John Beck played around with the idea of facial symmetry by creating perfectly symmetrical composite images of people’s faces in his photography series Both Sides Of. You’ll see two faces in the pictures here, one face…
You know those genius, almost sentient quadcopters that can learn new skills like juggle balls, fly in tandem, work together, go through hoops, attach themselves to wall and basically do things that will eventually destroy mankind? This guy, Kai Hou, is like the human equivalent of those. He’s an acrobatic master that can flip, spin,…
If only video games were real life, right? Caffeine could be ditched for super star power ups, quests would be fun to do and rewarding as opposed to simply job saving and you wouldn’t have to worry about budgeting because you would buy everything since it’s so easy to make money. Ah, video game life…
Imagine going on a fishing trip with your buddies. Beers are had. Jokes are tossed. Fish are caught. And then a killer whale pops up out of nowhere to steal the halibut you just snagged to scare the hell out of you and give you an awesome story to tell. Digg found this video of…
Bumpy. Dangerously fast as hell. And it looks like the luger will careen off the course at any given moment.Doubles luger Matthew Mortenson put on a helmet cam on a ride down the luge track in Sochi to show us what it’s like to go zooming down sloping slick ice on your back and while…
I was really surprised when I saw this collection of hearts on Mars posted by El Comanderino Chris Hadfield. How are there so many craters with the shape of hearts in Mars? Are heart shapes pervasive through the entire galaxy? The hell I know. Just forward this post and tell your favorite astronerd you love…
At last, NASA’s scientists have revealed the mystery of the mysterious rock that materialized out of nowhere right in front of the Mars Curiosity rover—the infamous jelly doughnut rock rock that surprised everyone at mission control, prompting NASA Mars Exploration Rover lead scientist Steve Squyres to exclaim “wait a second, that wasn’t there before, it…
In today’s heart-stopping undersea news, this is what it looks like when a camera-shy octopus just does not want its portrait taken. The poor thing was probably fed up with all the divers firing their flashes at him. Diving partners David Malvestuto Warren Murray were about 80-feet below the surface of Bluefish Cove in Carmel,…
Check out these incredible photos taken by Vadim Makhorov and Vitaliy Raskalov, the two Russian daredevils who climbed the second tallest building in the world—the 2132-foot Shanghai Tower. The contrast of the lighted clouds and the sleek towers make it look like a snap from a futuristic Earth. I guess we are living in the…
The Chandra X-Ray Observatory has captured this Heart in the Darkness, for all of you astronomers in love out there, “a heart-shaped cloud of 8 million-degree Celsius gas in the central region of the star cluster NGC 346. NASA says that the “the nature of the heart in the darkness will remain mysterious” until they…
Casey Neitstat got out his snowboard yesterday, tied a rope to a Jeep, and zoomed through the streets of New York. He even went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and snowboarded down the stairs covered with snow. Same in Central Park. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook
Watch this crazy guy base jumping into a void full of thick fog. I can imagine him thinking: “hmmm, how can I make this base jump thing even riskier? Of course, let’s do it in a foggy day so I don’t even know where the hell I am going!” This is just madness—but pretty exciting,…
But it also looks sort of beautiful. In a if this school of fish surrounds you, your skin will melt, your flesh will be eaten raw and your bones will be cleaned dry kind of way. Real tornadoes are probably still scarier but fish tornadoes look like the sentient arm of some sick underworld cartoon…
Don’t tell Mom! Actually tell Mom because her daughter is so dang adorable that she should be proud that her little girl has so much joy in her. Jamie P. took his daughter out in his 1000bhp Nissan GT-R and fulfills his daughter’s request to drive faster to hilariously delightful results. She’s the best. Even…
I have a confession: I have not watched The Lego Movie yet. I know, I know. I am a terrible human. My childhood self would shake his head so hard. Heck, my adult self is shaking my head at me! I’m going to watch it ASAP now though. Because after watching this “blooper” reel from…
If you thought you had problems with the snow, be happy that at least the snow—and the ground itself—is not exploding under your feet, like it happened to this deer. I can’t believe he survived that one. Watch the video, because it’s even better. I like how the other deer is like “fuck this shit”…
Is winter going to end anytime soon? Doesn’t look like it. Here’s GoPro footage capturing more than 12 inches of snow piling up over one night. It starts falling quickly and then slows down a little bit in the middle until it starts raging in the end. It’s like you expect the snow to come…
This is some Jedi-level Star Wars tribute art: the Coruscant Tapestry is 30 feet of cross-stitchery chronicling every character, plot point, and detail from Episodes One through Six, framed with quotes in freaking Aurebesh. The Force is strong with Aled Lewis. The London-based designer and illustrator enlisted the help of pals who were up for…
A truly outstanding—and scary—image by Michael Shainblum. I wouldn’t be amused if I lived there and my home was constantly getting hit by lightning. Unless I was trying to revive things made with pieces of dead corpses. https://gizmodo.com/what-it-looks-like-when-lightning-strikes-the-worlds-t-1522367019
Say hi to Matt Nelson, an awesomely crazy dude who likes to surf during the winter on Niagara’s North Shore and the Great Lakes. As you can see, he gets icicles everywhere, including his eyelashes. You have to check out these videos of him and other silver surfers. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome…
